Meeting Disability

Are you serious about achieving equitable disability inclusion? Have you considered the following?:

• Who exactly are “People with Disabilities?”
• What is disability equity?
• Is it all about jobs, or is there more to it than just employment?
• How equitable are we really when it comes to employing people with disabilities?
• Do we know what our employees with disabilities needs, aspirations and challenges really are?
• Are our executives and managers informed enough about disability to be able to serve staff and customers with disabilities?
• Are our buildings and facilities accessible to staff and customers with Disabilities?
• How accessible is society in general to persons with Disabilities?

If you have answered no or I don’t know, to any of the above, you may wish to find out more about Meeting Disability.

Meeting Disability is a powerful, practical and awareness changing experience. Its aim is not to cram delegates full of forgettable “politically correct” data, but to get them to understand the enigma that is disability. To empower them to be able to meet disability on its own terms and to be able to appropriately and equitably interact with people with Disabilities at work, in society and personally. In short, to become Disability confident.

Meeting Disability Workshops and Seminars

1 EXECUTIVE SEMINARS

Aimed at Excos, boards of management and senior management teams.
Leadership involvement is in serious deficit in South African organisations in terms of Disability integration expectation. It is in fact one of the primary reasons why business and organisations struggle to get to terms with Disability Equity.

  • A short participative and highly impactful session ranging between 1 and 3 hours, succeeds in informing and empowering executives about Disabilities potential and challenges in integration in their organisations and society.
  • Executives gain a solid unambiguous insight into:
  • Background and foundation of the Disability reality
  • A greater perspective of Disability, including a Human Rights View, Legislative or compliance view and the business case
  • Insight into the law, obligations and expectations
  • A holistic view of Disability Equity, including Employment, CSI and operational aspects of the business.
  • “Eating Elephants”, a practical applied Disability Strategy.

2. MEETING DISABILITY HUMAN RESOURCES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

  • Intended for all HR practitioners.
  • As appropriate Disability Equity is still rarely satisfactorily taught in tertiary HR courses, continued EE non compliance and unlawful HR practice is still the norm in most South African organisations.
  • Most HR practitioners still have little understanding of:
  • The importance of understanding the relationship between Disability and Society
  • The difference between Disability and Barriers
  • The definition of Disability
  • The intensions and interpretations of the Employment Equity Act
  • The interrelationship between Employment cycles, CSI and the operational aspects of the business
  • Equitable and non stereotypic employment practices
  • Disclosure and Disability equity targeting
  • The notion of Disability as an internal and external customer.
  • The difference between a Disability policy and a Disability strategy
  • A one to two day intensive workshop with the option of assignments and post programme consultation is essential for Best practice in HR and Disability Equity.

3. MEETING DISABILITY PRACTICAL AWARENESS RAISING PROGRAMME

This is an adaptable generic programme aimed at Line management and supervisory levels.
With the limited exposure and experience that organisational South Africa has had with Disability, most management have little or no understanding of how to serve staff or customers with Disabilities.
This one day programme aims to provide delegates with the core tools of appropriate Disability integration understanding.

Three primary milestones will be achieved:

The WHY

  • Background and foundations of the Disability status quo
  • The importance of understanding the relationship between Disability and Society
  • Models of Disability
  • The difference between barriers and Disability
  • The importance of perspective in viewing Disability

The WHAT

  • A no holds barred reality check regarding Disability
  • The law pertaining Disability
  • Understanding and working with the Definition of Disability
  • Categories of Disability

The HOW

  • Do’s and don’ts, etiquette and terminology
  • Working with the Definition
  • Reasonable accommodation
  • The need for a holistic approach
  • The employment cycle
  • The Business case for Disability
  • Disability equity strategies.
  • Understanding universal access and why we should address inaccessibility.

4. MEETING DISABILITY STAFF AWARENESS and SENSITISATION

It is far easier to attract staff or customers with disabilities if the staff is informed and disability confident. This half day workshop prepares staff to:

  • Understand the primary difference between Disabilities and Barriers
  • Appreciate the importance of an inclusive society
  • Appreciate the realities about Disability
  • Get to grips with the kinds of disabilities and how to understand the Definition
  • Be able to deal with disability in terms of etiquette, language and when and how to assist Disability if necessary
  • Appreciate the importance of attracting Disability as customers
  • Be empowered to make a difference in the workplace, in society and at home.